English is coming along

SongLian is learning English at rocket speeds which has led to some delightful moments (enjoy, we sure are enjoying this gal!): *At the Christmas Eve service CoraGrace slipped her shoes off and SongLian turned and yelled (yes, yelled), "SHOES ON!!!" *While helping SongLian go to the bathroom while we were swimming, a large puddle began to form on the floor, I told her uh-oh, did you go potty? It is ok. She looked at me and said, "No Mama that water." (Duh! I am wet!) *(Warning this one may be too much information). While in a public restroom: "Oh! Mama, you going poop!" (yeah, nice and loud) *While helping to set the table pushing her little shopping cart (with the place-settings in the cart) she rammed into the card-board box club house which fell over. She looked down at it and said, "Oh, excuse me." as she passed by. *While reading and acting out the Christmas story SongLian played the part of the angel who told Mary she was going to have a baby. As Kyle read from the Bible SongLian shouted at Mary (CoraGrace), "You! Baby Jesus. You! Baby Jesus!" A bit later she began to belt out Hark the Herald Angels sing when Kyle got to the part about the angels visiting the shepherds (no cue here). *Most common phrase: "That's Mine!" *Sweetest words: When I say I love you at bedtime she now says, "I love you too." *She is very good at ordering us to "wash your hands!" and "brush your teeth!" *She was so excited about her new Hello Kitty outfit . . . I put it in the wash and she sat and watched it go round and round. She called to each member of the family, "Watch Hello Kitty, that mine, tomorrow." When I hung it on the laundry line she kept pointing to it, "Wet hello kitty. tomorrow." And first thing in the morning? "Jammies off!Hello Kitty!" *And lots of, "Mama! Watch!" *"Mama, could I help you?" (Translation: Mama I need help). In the same light: "Mama hold you please."